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Quick Reference

• [Glossary]({{ site.baseurl }}/glossary/) of Scala terms
• [Cheatsheet]({{ site.baseurl }}/cheatsheets/) for syntax. This can be useful for quickly picking up the syntax once you understand the basics of the language.

Search the API

The searchable API docs below are an invaluable resource as you make use of the Scala libraries. For newcomers to Scala, start with the Standard Library API for 2.12.2.

Latest Stable versions

• Scala 2.12.2
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Swing API
• Scala 2.11.8
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Actors API (deprecated)
    • Swing API
    • Continuations API
• Scala 2.10.6

Nightly Builds API Search

• Scala 2.11.x
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
• Scala 2.12.x
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API

Previous releases

• Scala 2.11.7
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Actors API (deprecated)
    • Swing API
    • Continuations API
• Scala 2.11.6
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Actors API (deprecated)
    • Swing API
    • Continuations API
• Scala 2.11.5
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Actors API (deprecated)
    • Swing API
    • Continuations API
• Scala 2.11.4
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Actors API (deprecated)
    • Swing API
    • Continuations API
• Scala 2.11.2
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Actors API (deprecated)
    • Swing API
    • Continuations API
• Scala 2.11.1
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Actors API (deprecated)
    • Swing API
    • Continuations API
• Scala 2.11.0
  • Standard Library API
  • Compiler API
  • Reflection API
  • Scala Modules
    • XML API
    • Parser Combinators API
    • Actors API (deprecated)
    • Swing API
    • Continuations API
• Scala 2.10.5
• Scala 2.10.4
• Scala 2.10.3
• Scala 2.10.2
• Scala 2.10.1
• Scala 2.9.3
• Scala 2.9.2
• Scala 2.9.1-1
• Scala 2.9.1.final
• Scala 2.9.0.1
• Scala 2.9.0.final
• Scala 2.8.2.final
• Scala 2.8.1.final
• Scala 2.8.0.final
• Scala 2.7.7.final
• Scala 2.7.6.final
• Scala 2.7.5.final
• Scala 2.7.4.final
• Scala 2.7.3.final
• Scala 2.7.2.final
• Scala 2.7.1.final
• Scala 2.7.0.final
• Scala 2.6.1.final
• Scala 2.6.0.final
• Scala 2.5.1.final
• Scala 2.5.0.final

Language Specification

The language specification is a formal description of the syntax and semantics of the language.

• Scala 2.12 Language Specification
• Scala 2.11 Language Specification